State v. Garcia

LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

John S. Garcia appeals from a jury verdict of guilty of second degree arson. The jury recommended a sentence of seven years and a $5,000.00 fine. The trial court sentenced him to seven years. The defendant does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict.

On August 26,1979 fire damaged Scarlet O’Hara’s, a bar-discotheque in Kansas City, Missouri. From the evidence discovered, the city’s Arson and Bomb Unit concluded that the fire had been intentionally set.

The defendant had been the general manager of Scarlet O’Hara’s and had personally…